29th January 2025
77.This section inserts section 88(11) and (12) into PPERA, to allow the Scottish Ministers to amend the list of third parties who can incur controlled expenditure during a Scottish devolved regulated period, defined as the period (normally 4 months) before a Scottish Parliament election for which campaign limits are applied in terms of paragraph 5 of schedule 10 of PPERA. Third parties can be added to or removed from the list, or the list can be varied, but changes to the list can only be effected on the recommendation of the Electoral Commission. Any regulations made by the Scottish Ministers under section 88(11) of PPERA will be subject to the affirmative procedure.